Tag Archives: Spring

The Feeder Feed: vernal returns

Now that Spring is getting serious, I am keeping my eyes peeled for the return of species which went south for the Winter.
This beady-eyed returnee is Toxostoma rufum.

Meet Brown Thrasher.
He is sitting on top of the feeder in protest against … Continue reading

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Faced with Spring

Via the Laudator:
Po Chü-i (772–846), Spring Outing (tr. Burton Watson):
    I mount my horse, ready to go out the gate;    out the gate, pause in uncertainty,    turn my head to speak to my wife,    sure she must be puzzled by … Continue reading

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